Mavericks outlast Thunder in OT

Nowitzki gets 32 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to lead comeback by Dallas

Associated Press

Associated Press

Published 11:54 pm, Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams (12) goes down with the ball against Dallas Mavericks guard Jose Calderon, of Span, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ORG XMIT: DNA102

Nowitzki also had 10 rebounds and six assists. In Dallas' loss to Brooklyn on Sunday, he was 2-for-12 from the field in his worst shooting performance of the season.

Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City with 43 points. He has scored at least 25 in 36 consecutive games in the longest such streak since Michael Jordan's 40-game run during the 1986-87 season.

Dallas had seven players score in double figures. Jose Calderon went 6-for-8 from 3-point range and finished with 22 points.

Russell Westbrook scored 23 for Oklahoma City. All of his points came in regulation, when he played 31:50.

Cavaliers 102, Raptors 100: Dion Waiters scored 24 points and Luol Deng added 19 as Cleveland snapped a five-game skid at home and prevented Toronto from getting closer to a playoff spot. Kyle Lowry scored 22 for the Raptors, who had a chance to tie it in the final seconds but guard Greivis Vasquez lost his footing and committed a turnover with 1.9 seconds left. Toronto led 95-94 with 6:45 remaining, but went just 1-for-9 from the floor and scored five points the rest of the way. Tristan Thompson added 15 points and 13 rebounds for Cleveland.

Magic 95, Trail Blazers 85:Tobias Harris had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Orlando stopped a nine-game skid. Nik Vucevic added 22 points and 10 boards, and Victor Oladipo had 13 points and six assists. Robin Lopez led Portland with 20 points and 13 rebounds. The Blazers have lost three straight. Out were Portland forward LaMarcus Aldridge (back) and Orlando point guard Jameer Nelson (knee).

Notes: Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson will miss the remainder of the season because of a herniated cervical disc that has sidelined him since early January. Anderson is scheduled to have neck surgery April 8 to repair the injury, which occurred when he collided with the Celtics' Gerald Wallace during a game in Boston on Jan. 3. The 6-foot-10 forward had been averaging 19.8 points. ... The Nuggets say forward J.J. Hickson had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right knee. Hickson hurt his ACL early in the fourth quarter of Denver's loss at Dallas last Friday, when he went down along the baseline. The 25-year-old Hickson averaged 11.8 points and 9.2 rebounds this season. He also had a team-high 26 double-doubles.